Wire connection



GQUAGLIA AND A. CAPELLO.

WIRE CONNECTION.

APPucATlo'N man sEPT.s,1917.

- Patented June 14, 1921.

UNITED srarss QPAIENT orricr..l

GIOVANNI QUAGLIA AND anarco saremo, ernennt, ITALY, AssIGNoRs 'ro cH.

HENRI n. vvnrznLs, or Panis, FRANCE. Y i

i Specicatonof Letters etent Patntgd 'June 14, 1921 Application tiled Veptemliei* 8,1917. Serial l\To.A190,4()2.'`

To all fio/0m it may concern Be it known that we, Giovanni @Unsinn and ARRIGO CarnLLo, subjects'of the King oft Italy, and residents ot rurin, italy, have invented certain new and `useiful improvements in Tire Connections, ot which the iollowing is a speciiication. f

It is now practised to connect metallic wires or cables such as are usedlin connection with the construction ot aeroplanes,v to hooks, tightening devices and other meinbers, by forming with the end ot -theV wire or cable an eye which is then'engaged with a corresponding hook oreyemadelon the part to be connected with said wire or cable. Y

This method gives rise to several draw# backs, not only becauseof the amount oit work required, but also inview ot'its reduced resistance to the stresses acting on the wire and this latter in the proximity of its eye is not merely subjectedto tensile stress but also to iiexion stress and consequently the connections ot this kind are extremely liable to break.

This invention relates to improved means for connecting metallic wires or cables to hooks, tightening devices and other mein bers by utilizingthe wedg'ing action ot an enlarged end of the wire or cable in a conical cavity oil a sleeve connected to the hook, tightening device or other member.

In the annexed drawing Figure l shows in axial longitudinal section a connecting' device according to this invention and adapt-` ed to connect wires; Fig. 2 is the same view ol' a modiiied construction; Fig. 3 shows the device illustrated in Fig. 2 in elevation in a pla-ne at right angles to that o'l' Fig. 2.

As shown in Fig. l the end of the wire i is first flattened and this flattened portion is bent up and pressed down upon itself so as to form an elongated head A the external prolile of which is tapered. Then upon this head is i'itted a sleeve 2 having a hole that is wider toward one end to suit the tapered head A of the wire.

The arrangement is such that the wire l lits more tightly in the sleeve 2 the greater the tensile stresses acting upon the wire, due to the wedge-like action between the tapered huead A of the wire and the wedge shaped hole in the sleeve 2; furthermore the whole portion ot' wire engaged in the sleeve is subject to a simple tensile stress.

lt is preferable for the hole in the sleeve desired to connectthe wire. F or example screw' threaded members may be employed,

or a pin maybe lused or any other suitable In the arrangement shown in Fig. l the sleeve 2, in which the wire'is engaged in the manner indicated, has an enlarged head 3 capable of rotating' in a screw threaded socket et in which is screwed the end of' a truss or the tie piece 6 provided with a fork 7. llith fthis arrangement' by turning the socket l it is possible to .impart the desired tension to vthe wire l in theA usual Way, it beingl only necessary to screw thread the socket in one direction, thus renderingits construction more simple and economical than the usual tightening sockets having right and left hand screw threads. ln the construction shown in Figs. 2 and 3 the manufacture of the connecting member is still further simplified by the fact that the seat for the tapered head A of the wire is formed direct in a sleeve t which is screwed upon a truss 6 having a Jfork 7 rotatably connected thereto. For this purpose in that portion of the sleeve el not provided with a screw thread, there is made a conical hole corresponding to the diameter of the wire and this portion ot the sleeve is pressed upon two opposite sides below the end in order to impart to the hole a shape suitable to receive the tapered head of the wire.

What we claim as our invention and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is: i. In combination, a wire-like rod having its end portion bent upon itself and having the portion between the end and bend lying tor its entire length upon the unbent portion adjacent the bend, said portion between the end and the bend being` reduced in thickness to torni a wedge-like inclination inclining toward the oud oi' the rod; and a housing to receive the rod provided with an aper ture through which the rod extends, said aperture tapering to contorni to the inclilying` for a substantial distance upon the un nation of the wedge-like portion ofthe rod between the end and the bend whereby the bent.; portion of the rod lits snugly within the aperture and in close contact with the internal surface of the aperture. y

2. In combination, a wire-like rod having its end portion bent upon itself and having the portion between the end and the bend bent portion adjacent the bend, said portion between the end and the bend being reduced in thickness to form .a wedge-like inclination lying for a substantial ydistance upon the unbent portion adjacent thebend7 said portion between the end and the bend being reduced in thickness to form a "wedge-like inclination inclining toward the end ofthe rod ;v and a housingto receive the rod and provided with an aperture through which the rod extends ,said aperture tapering to conform to the inclination of the wedge-like portion of the rod-betweenthe end and the bend whereby the bent portion of the rod tits snugly within the aperture and in close contact with the internal surface of the aperture, a portion ofthe wall or' the aperture being disposed parallel with the a-Xis'of the unbent portion of the wire.

' 4. In combination7 a wire-like rod having its vend portion bent upon itself and having the portion between the end and the bend lying for a substantial distance upon the unbent portion adjacent the bend, said portion betweenthe Vend and the bend *being reduced in thickness to form a wedge-like inclination inclining toward the end of the rod; and a housing to receive the rod and provided with an aperture through which the rod extends, said aperture tapering to conform to the inclination of the wedge-like portion of the rod between vthe end and the bend whereby vthe bentportion ot the rod lits snugly within the aperture and in close contact with the internal suriiace of theaperture, the contact of the walls of theaperturc `with the wedge-like portion of the rod being increased by pressedein portions oi the housing at each side thereof.

- ln testimony whereof we have signed our names to this speciiication in the of two subscribing witnesses. Y

' Giovanni @Utoring ARRIGO CAPPELLO] presence IVitnesses: Y

Avv. MARIO REGIORGIS, CArRrsGLro FRANCESCO.Y 

